Western Colorado

Gov. Bill Ritter and top brass of the Colorado National Guard broke ground for a new Grand Junction Readiness Center on Tuesday. The 35,000-square-foot facility, adjacent to the National Guard armory at 2810 Riverside Parkway, will house ...

A former used-car salesman convicted of selling salvaged vehicles with “clean” titles was handed a virtual life sentence of 53 years in prison Tuesday. A Mesa County jury in April found Camden Fortney, the owner of Camden Motors, ...

A fire that destroyed a Fruitvale home and left a family of four homeless last week was intentionally set, the Clifton Fire Protection District said Tuesday. Fire investigator Chris Rowland said the blaze, which was reported at 12:45 a.m. ...

A wildfire near Rifle remained active within its 170-acre perimeter but did not grow Tuesday, Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management said in a news release. “The fire is cleaning up its interior and doing what we want it to ...

Mike Russell believes many members of the Grand Junction Lions Club are deserving of the Lion of the Year award. He just didn’t count himself among them. His fellow Lions thought differently, though, as Russell received the prestigious ...

An abrasion with a tread pattern that resembled a shoe worn by her husband was found on the body of a Clifton woman who fell to her death in Rabbit Valley in April, according to the Mesa County Coroner’s Office. Dannah Foster, 23, was ...

Grand Junction City Council members and chiefs of the Grand Junction fire and police departments will sponsor a telephone town hall beginning at 7 tonight. The call will go out to all listed land line numbers in the city. Anyone who does not ...

More time is needed to consider terms of a plea agreement for the former manager of the Mesa County landfill, according to records of a hearing Monday. Bob Edmiston, 53, is scheduled to return to court July 22. Edmiston is facing seven ...

Mesa County will expand its random drug testing policy to include employees whose jobs require them to drive, a move administrators say is aimed at enhancing public safety on local roadways. Commissioners on Monday unanimously approved a ...

Although Colorado is showing a weak recovery from the recession, the Western Slope’s economic forecast is bleak, state economists told lawmakers Monday. The real estate and banking industries continue to drag the state’s economy ...